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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080925
SUMMARY:UIE Virtual Seminar: Critique
LOCATION:Virtual
DESCRIPTION:The best critiques not only deliver value to the original desig
 ner, but to everyone involved, because it raises the discourse to the under
 lying fundamentals and goals, not just the specifics of color and font size
 . Learning to critique well is like many other skills: the more you practic
 e, the better you get.
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\nYou'll know you've delivered a great critique w
 hen:
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\n    * The designer is receptive and engaged in the discussion, in
 stead of being defensive and argumentative
\n    * The designer becomes int
 rospective and talks about how they want to revisit some of the underlying 
 precepts of the design
\n    * Other team members use the critique to look 
 at other on-going work
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\nIn this UIE Virtual Seminar, you'll get a chanc
 e to test out your critique skills. We're soliciting four web sites from me
 mbers of our audience. We'll ask them some important information about thei
 r designs and then, a week before the seminar, pass that on to you. You'll 
 have an opportunity to look at each site and develop your critique points. 
 In the seminar, you'll compare your findings against our critique and other
  attendees. 
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\nWe're going to focus this session on Site Navigation. We'
 ll look at some interesting solutions and talk about what the designers hav
 e done well and where we might expect their users to run into issues. We'll
  see how these designs tackle some of the big challenges that many designer
 s face when building large, complex web sites. We'll even look at other sit
 es that have possibly solved the problems in other ways.
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\nJoin us for t
 his fun, interactive session where you and your colleagues will get a chanc
 e to test your skills and learn new techniques for providing insightful, co
 nstructive feedback.
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\nRegister with Promotional Code "BOX21" to receive
  our lowest price of just $99.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081011
SUMMARY:FlashPitt 2008
LOCATION:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Flashpitt is a one-day conference for multimedia designers, dev
 elopers, and artists. It's Pittsburgh's first major Flash-centric conferenc
 e. National and international industry leaders will be present to inspire, 
 educate, and challenge the region’s Flash community. Our speaker line up wi
 ll share inside tips, new technologies and behind the scenes looks to Flash
 pitt's attendees.
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\nWe'll have two tracks of sessions running from 9am u
 ntil about 6pm. We'll finish it all off with an after party full of fun and
  networking opportunities.
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